But the install instructions just give a repository
"sudo add-apt-repository ppahablet-team/tools"
I don't have Ubuntu...
I'd like at least to know when there is a new version.
If there's a change log - even better.

That's what makes downloading dailies tricky if you aren't flashing. First step is it will authenticate your device version, then download to desktop, then flash. There is a new version at least once a day. They have a bot compiling automatically... If you want changelogs and chatter try here: https://launchpad.net/~phablet-team/+archive/ppa This is where the developers are repositing.

If you want Ubuntu it is free and relatively painless to set up in a virtual machine environment.

If you are waiting to flash when they have a daily driver version, I'm watching to report that here ASAP.

Right, right. It says concept in the title and the body of the article...

Sorry, earlier this day, for whatever reason, it only showed the picture and no URL to an article so I didn't know you knew it wasn't real. I now see the URL to that article so consider my post obsolete.

So I saw a tidbit dated May 28 that indicated 3G data was working along with some other advances and a lot of the dummy data was going to be dropped... phablet-flash will also stop wiping your personal data.

To get ready for that I reset my GNex to Android 4.2.2, unlocked it and got ready to flash a clean new copy of Ubuntu Touch.

I had some difficulties getting Ubuntu Touch back in there... I had to do a manual step at the end of the process to get the ROM to flash when applying the bootstrap (first flash only). Took a couple days to work it all out. I am on v153 from June 05. No 3G data for me... but this guy has it, along with a few other items I've not seen. Much of the dummy data is gone (HUZZAH) and I cleared up the rest through the Ubuntu chroot shell. Also set my clock to local time and we'll see if that sticks. I'll be flashing again soon and hoping for some of what the Ubuntu Developers have in-house...

No. Calling and texting is implemented, as you can see and the daily images also contain 3G+4G support.

Right - but they must be using an internal build for the developers... Voice and SMS have been there from day one - I've not had data or some of the apps shown out of the image I booted into from the same day as the video was shot (June 05 - you see it highlighted on his calender).

I'm hoping it comes to the dailies soon. I'll try another revision on my next days off...

For <insert> substitute your username for the Google account you want to sync with. Do not type <>.
For <actual> substitute the valid password for the account you are syncing. Do not type <>.

It worked for me (not flawlessly), but it brought over a majority of my contacts. Nice not to have to enter them all by hand. Reportedly the code above works for 50 contacts. There appears to be workarounds for more contacts... Here's the Original Post.

Well Ubuntu Desktop 13.04 has graphics problems inside Virtual Box and I was unable to resolve them via the workarounds published on the web... I went back to 12.04 on an expanded virtual hard drive for more storage.

Ubuntu Touch saucy v25 proved to be broken in some aspects, so I'm flashing v26 right now...

There appears to be a lot of advancement in the App department. More soon when I get a good build working on the phone...

been that way for some time but it relies on WINE, and there are no advanced enough WINE+QEmu setups for arm devices atm, Native Ubuntu 13.x for hp touchpad did breach that barrier but only for amazingly basic stuff, i never got any x86 advanced stuff to work.

Once u do install the linux/wine netflix desktop app you can also press F11 or whatever it is to open up the browser menus, and install the MediaHint extension, allowing UK/euro users to access the american list of netflix.

in a similar vain you can install "Hola Accelerator & Unblocker" inside CM9/10 on your touchpad and enjoy the same benefits.

so just testing how it works as/on a phone as opposed to trying out the apps?

Yep... There are few enough Apps, they can be tested in the Ubuntu 13.X desktop builds and run natively there, IIRC.

There is no plan for an App Store of any kind. Search should bring you whatever you're looking for. Remember the goal is that it runs on the phone, the tablet, the desktop and the TV - just as is.

Quick Update:

Builds are no longer daily...

Code:

phablet-flash

...yields the "current" image, but now there is a hold time between release and upgrade to current. A mini bug squash cycle so that the "current" images are a bit more stable.

3G data is there and has been for some time. I'm not getting it to enable consistently as of yet... Hoping future builds address this PDQ. There is no more need to push the Network Connection file from desktop over to the phone. The file in the builds can be pulled, edited and then pushed back.

Phone won't wake from power down on the last few builds I've tried...

Code:

adb reboot

...solves that issue, but what a pain.

The mock Contacts data is long gone, but they still put the mock Music and Videos in the builds and they keep moving them. At least with file manager on board you can hunt them down and delete them from on the device.

The People Page is gone from the Home Page screens (???). Not sure why they ditched that one. I'd rather have my contacts up front rather than music and vidz... Might be a privacy issue?

There is still a lot of Terminal work that needs to be done on every build install, but things are getting closer to daily driver status... Minus an App selection, that is.